Edward Baehr

Edward Baehr (16 August 1886-4 September 1955) was a Lieutenant-General of the US Army who commanded the US 6th Infantry Division during the Pacific War.

Biography
Edward Baehr was born on 16 August 1886 in Plano, Texas, and he enlisted in the US Army in 1905. Baehr served in the Philippine-American War in the Philippines before seeing action in World War I on the Western Front, and he rose in the ranks during the Interwar Years. In 1929, he was promoted to Major-General, and he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1938. Baehr was given command of the US 6th Infantry Division during World War II, and his division fought against Japan on New Guinea. In the fall of 1944, his division pushed the Imperial Japanese Army's 41st Division to the southwestern shore, forcing Lieutenant-General Yasuyuki Numata to surrender. Baehr and his division ended the war fighting the Japanese on the same island, and he returned home with his division. He died in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1955.